John James Hambrick (June 21, 1940 – September 10, 2013) was an American broadcast journalist, reporter, actor, voice over announcer and TV documentary producer.
Hambrick began his television career in 1963 at KRBC-TV in Abilene, Texas;[1][2] this was followed by stints as a reporter and anchor at KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls and KHOU-TV in Houston over the next two years.
[3] With much fanfare on December 25, 1967, 27-year-old Hambrick made his Cleveland television debut on WEWS as anchor of the 7:00 and 11:00 P.M. newscasts, which included commentaries by Dorothy Fuldheim.
In January 1980 he joined WNBC-TV in New York City as first a reporter and weekend anchor,[6] then weeknight co-anchor alongside Chuck Scarborough for the next five years.
He then was recruited by WTVJ in Miami to replace Ralph Renick, the station's original news anchor who retired in April of that year.
Since 2003, Hambrick has appeared in four movies: Mia's Father, Wonderful World, Kings of the Evening, and the Texas-based, Gabriel Folse directed film Guilty.